Definition of stum Stum

/stʌˈm/ - [stum] - stum

We found 8 definitions of stum from 4 different sources.

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What does stum mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary πŸ“˜

  • stum (n.)
    Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must.
  • stum (n.)
    Wine revived by new fermentation, reulting from the admixture of must.
  • stum (v. t.)
    To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary πŸ“•

  • stum
    stum, n. must, grape-juice unfermented: new wine used to revive dead or vapid wine: a mixture used to impart artificial strength, &c., to weak beer or wine: wine revived by the addition of stum or by a second fermentation.β€”v.t. to renew or doctor with stum: to fume, as a cask of liquor, with burning sulphur. [Dut. stom, mustβ€”stom, mute; Ger. stumm, dumb.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue πŸ‘…

  • stum
    The flower of fermenting wine, used by vintners to adulterate their wines.

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